LatinNews Daily - 25 January 2022

On 24 January Colombia’s President Iván Duque confirmed that Euclides España Caicedo (‘Jhonier’), the leader of a dissident unit of the disbanded Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc) guerrilla group, had been killed in a security operation in the southwestern department of Cauca.... Read More

* Peru’s economy and finance minister, Pedro Francke, has announced that the government is expecting GDP growth of between 3.5% and 4% in 2022, with current forecasts predicting that GDP will reach PEN572bn (US$148.62bn) this year.... Read More

On 24 January, the vetoes that President Jair Bolsonaro applied when he sanctioned the 2022 budget were revealed in that day’s edition of the official gazette. ... Read More

* The Brazilian government has announced the creation of a new visa, which would award temporary residency to foreigners working as ‘digital nomads’ for foreign companies from Brazil.... Read More

On 24 January a Guatemalan court handed down 30-year prison sentences to five former members of the Patrullas de Autodefensa Civil (PAC), local militias created by the government during the 1960-1996 internal conflict, in connection with the rape of indigenous Maya Achí women.... Read More

*Publio De Gracia, the director of Panama’s tax authority (DGI) has presented new figures which show that Panama’s tax take totalled US$4.34bn as of December 2021, up 6.72% on the budgeted target and up from US$3.89bn as of December 2020.... Read More

On 24 January, the United Nations (UN) called on the Mexican authorities to strengthen journalist protection mechanisms, following the recent killings of three journalists in the country. ... Read More

*Mexico’s national statistics institute (Inegi) has released its latest figures on the national consumer price index (INPC) which show that inflation rose 0.39% in the first two weeks of 2022, compared with the previous two weeks.... Read More

On 24 January President Alberto Fernández accepted the credentials of the new US ambassador to Argentina, Marc Stanley, in the presidential palace Casa Rosada. Analysis:... Read More

* Argentina’s productive development minister, Matías Kulfas, has said that Argentine industry closed the year with its highest level of activity in three years.... Read More